The 10 Most Creative Uses for Bacon

Bacon: There are countless bacon tribute sites out there, and itís safe to say that the Internet is pretty much obsessed with the stuff. In an essay on the beloved greasy, fatty strips of pig meat, a writer at one such site, Bacon Unwrapped, explores the reasons why: There just arenít many foods that have the same emotional impact on people as bacon. For some people, it brings back fond memories of Sunday breakfast with their family. For others, itís taking pleasure in their favorite bacon cheeseburger for lunch. The most diligent bacon lovers save their bacon grease in a can in the refrigerator so they can enjoy the flavor of bacon even when they arenít eating it.

The 10 Worst Places to Pass Out Drunk

I have spent the past six years of my life attending a post secondary institution. Needless to say, I have passed out once or twice in less than desirable locations, and if you spent any time in college I bet you have too. Between my friends and I (I call them friends but really theyíre just a bunch of dicks with similar interests) we have managed to pass out in a host of different places, very few of which were good ideas. As Iím sure you have too, please leave me your worst pass out story in the comments, Iíd love to be reassured that mine isnít the only life this messed up.

From Tin Cans to Touchscreens: The 40 Most Important Phones in History

With all due respect to Alexander Graham Bell, he couldn't possibly have known that his patent for "the method of, and apparatus for, transmitting vocal or other sounds telegraphically" would one day give birth to the modern day smartphone. He couldn't have foreseen the wonders that we take for granted today, like text messaging and voice-to-text searches. We now live in a connected world, and today's smartphones define what it means to be a power user. Want to look up turn-by-turn driving directions on your phone? There's an app for that. There's an app for just about everything, even if they're sometimes tough to find (we're looking at you, Android Marketplace).

10 Most Romantic Places In The World

Most people are dreaming about some really romantic vacation, with sunny beaches, where sun is shining, and where they donít have any worries. Well, if you are one of them, these are places just for you! Here is a selection of most romantic places in the world. Well, take a look, and get prepare for the upcoming summer vacation! Enjoy.

The 5 Saddest Bars to Drink In

A good bar is filled with good people, good atmosphere, and endless opportunities for drunken debauchery. A sad bar is filled with about five or six people who sit at the bar looking as if their souls have been crushed long ago, their faces a mixture of apathy and despair, giving off a vibe of "too lazy for suicide". Here are those people's favorite places to hang out, also known as The Saddest Bars to Drink In.

Top 10 Anti-Gay Activists Caught Being Gay

In light of prominent anti-gay activist Roy Ashburn recently being caught walking out of a gay bar, and proving once again that conservative voters have little to no Gaydar, here's a list of 10 conservative anti-gay activists who turned out to be gay themselves.

10 Most Expensive Weddings

Weddings aren't cheap. The average American wedding costs about $30,000. What if you could afford to spend that much (or more) on your wedding dress alone? Or spend $1.5 million just on wine for your reception? For some, money is no object. They can, and will, spend upwards of millions of dollars to show their love for their betrothed to the entire world. Below are some of the most expensive weddings ever recorded. Some of these became more costly, as they didn't survive very far past the nuptials, ending in divorce just a short time later. In those cases, the wedding ended up costing at least one party much more than the stated price tag.

5 Quick and Easy Ways to Optimise Your Website

Performance is something you donít often think about. You assume that if it loads quickly enough for you then everyoneís happy. Someone commented a while back saying that it takes quite long for my pages to load so I optimised it a tad and thought Iíd share a few quick tips with you.

The 7 Scariest Sci-Fi Surgeries

Sci-fi opens up a world of possibilities to us, but some of them are just damn creepy. I was watching the Repo Men trailer and thought about how gross it would be to get a vital organ extracted from you against your will, no doubt using nasty future organ-snatching tech, and that led me down the primrose path to think of some of my favorite creepy sci-fi surgery scenes from classic movies past. Grab a barf bag and tag along, won't you?

10 Tips to Save on College Textbooks

Textbook prices have vastly outpaced inflation in the past two decades, according to the Government Accountability Office. Students are definitely feeling the affects of these price increases. However, there are strategies to keeping the cost of books as low as possible. Most students already know a few tricks of the trade. For example, it's common knowledge textbooks from the college bookstore cost more than through Amazon, eBay and Half.com. Here are 10 lesser-known ways to drastically cut your textbook expenses.